A puppet musical display co-written by Alan Ayckbourn will bring out the villainy in a nursery classic as part of celebrations to effect the 150th anniversary of Potter’s birthBeatrix Potters bucolic tales about bunny rabbits,hedgehogs and puddleducks will be celebrated across Britain this summer as the country marks 150 years since the writer and illustrator’s birth. But now an unexpected literary ally, the playwright Alan Ayckbourn, and has signed up to aid ensure that the darker side of Potter’s enduring imaginative world is not forgotten.
The revered dramatist is writing the lyrics for a new children’s display called Where’s Peter Rabbit? that will star puppets,like the hit stage shows War Horse and The Lion King, and he is aiming to avoid sugary sentiment as he tackles these favourites of the nursery bookshelf.
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Source: theguardian.com